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dm
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It's not really a manga as much as it is a story book with a lot of text (or maybe a light novel with an illustration on every page).
I remember it being a wonderful story. You'll see motifs that appear throughout Miyazaki's work --- there are a few images that will reappear in Princess Mononoke, and even some things that appear in Goro Miyazaki's adaptation of The Wizard of Earthsea (in fact, I kind-of thought the Earthsea movie was almost a better adaptation of Shuna's Journey than it was of LeGuin's novel). (Amazon has it listed for pre-order, with a November 2022 release, 160 pages, hardcover.) Last edited by dm on Tue Feb 22, 2022 12:56 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Erufailon4
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The translator confirmed on Twitter it'll be a hardcover release.
Fantastic that there'll finally be an official English release. I read a scanlation a few years ago and it's certainly an interesting work. Miyazaki's art never disappoints. |
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LegitPancake
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Surprised Viz didn't get it, but though I've never heard of "First Second Books," congrats on the translator getting their name on the cover. And nice a jacketed hardcover release too.
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lys
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First Second is a US graphic novel publisher, not specializing in manga but publishing a lot of original stories as well as translations of some international works. I enjoy a number of their works for younger readers and they seem like a solid publisher. It should be in good hands! |
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Dumas1
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That description puts me in mind of some of Neil Gaiman's work: Stardust; The Sleeper and the Spindle; Snow, Glass, Apples; a few others. At least one edition of Stardust in particular came out as a heavily illustrated novel. I'd also be interested in how it compares to Miyazaki's other manga, Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind, where he developed things much further than the movie had time for. |
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residentgrigo
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A bit of a Rosetta Stone stone for his fantasy films and I guess Earthsea. Also very good and basically a Bandes dessinée but from Japan. Scanlators finished the one-off 15 years ago. Crazy that it took this long! I somewhat get the "delay" with Future Boy Conan but not here.
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MFrontier
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Sounds interesting!
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SrkSano
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Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind manga is amazing. His line art looks just like the line art in his films, which sounds silly because of course it would, but you have to experience how beautiful it looks for yourself if you haven't. Looking forward to checking this out!
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Cardcaptor Takato
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In spite of Miyazaki's house hold name status, I was never expecting this title to be licensed, so I'm excited someone has picked it up.
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njprogfan
Collector Extraordinaire Posts: 1221 Location: A River Named Toms |
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The fact that this came from ABC News, (not CBS) is interesting...
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whiskeyii
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There’s a particular point about spoiler[slavery] in this short story that made me think “yeah, Miyazaki *gets* it man” in a way that just continually disappoints me whenever I see that plot point mishandled in modern manga and light novels. I genuinely never thought we’d ever see this in print!
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